If the pilgrims had planted persimmons instead of pumpkins, we’d all probably be making steamed persimmon pudding for Thanksgiving, not pumpkin pie. But we all might be making persimmon pudding anyway ...

Winter and late fall fruits are featured in our sweet recipes, which make the most of dates and persimmons. Bacon-Wrapped Dates - a good cheese course option - can serve as an appetizer, too. Dates ...

The beauty of a persimmon is undeniable. Their gorgeous deep shades of orange shine in the gray time of fall to winter. Imagine discovering these jewels on a woodland hike or seeing them in your ...

No fruit—or berry, if you want to get technical—demonstrates the virtue of patience more dramatically than the persimmon. So powerfully astringent is the unripe Hachiya variety, it’s a wonder Kiehl’s ...

Coming to you from the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis: discover the history of the Stutz Motor Company, taste an Indiana classic: persimmon pudding, and explore one artist's creative up-cycling ...

An acquired taste. I’ve always thought that to be an interesting concept. It basically says to me, “I know you don’t like it right now, but if you choke down enough of it over the coming years, you’ll ...

I recently got a new cookbook in the mail. It’s not very big — at about 8-by-5-inches and a scant 130 pages or so of text, it’s dwarfed by many of the books in my collection. But like its subject, it ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Bread pudding is considered the “apple pie” of south Louisiana. Because of our heavy French influence, crusty French bread is abundant. Our German population gave us a good ...

The common American persimmon grows wild across the South and as far west as the Colorado River in Texas. Pondicheri chef Anita Jaisinghani says it took her some time to understand how to enjoy the ...

If you've ever passed persimmons in the produce aisle and felt unsure of what to do with them, you're not alone. Here's a no-stress guide to the two main types, how to eat them and how to store them.